Kikuta, a former PRIDE fighter who held the Pancrase light-heavyweight belt from 2001 to 2003, looks for his seventh consecutive victory. After a near two-year-long layoff from 2006 to 2008, he signed with World Victory Road and since has posted a submission victory over Chris Rice and a split-decision win over PRIDE vet and Olympic judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida.

His opponent, Enomoto, fights for the first time since a June 2009 loss to Tyler Stinson, who recently was eliminated from Bellator Fighting Championships’ welterweight tournament. Prior to that Art of Fighting loss, Enomoto, a Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer who also has extensive jiu-jitsu experience, opened his pro MMA career with three consecutive wins over a trio of mid-level fights.

Kawamura, meanwhile, makes the drop to welterweight and looks to string together back-to-back wins for the first time in four years. The Pancrase vet has alternated between wins and losses for his past 11 fights, which included losses to Kevin Randleman and Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal and wins over Yukiya Naito and Shunsuke Inoue.

His opponent, Irie, is a former DEEP fighter who looks for his third straight win. Following some early-career losses to the likes of Dan Severn and Gegard Mousasi, Irie recently has posted a TKO victory over Minoru Kato and a submission win over Sho Tobita.

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